Padrone Cape

East of Algoa Bay, rocky headlands and river mouths break the southern African coast. At Kwaaihoek near the Bushman's River, Bartolomeu Dias erected a stone padrão in March 1488 on his return from sailing east around Africa's southern tip. The marker recorded a Portuguese voyage that had demonstrated a passage between the Atlantic and the waters to the east, although the coast was already inhabited by African communities.